Today’s episode is part of our Seminar Series, in which we facilitate discussions on work conducted by teams of academic researchers and practitioners that relates to one of four thematic topics: 1) Crime Reduction & Police Accountability, 2) Climate Change Governance, 3) Displacement, Migration, & Integration, and 4) Democracy, Conflict, & Polarization.This episode focuses on Democracy, Conflict, & Polarization, presenting a discussion with researchers Hannah Baron (Brown University), Robert Blair (Brown University), and Jessica Gottlieb (University of Houston). Along with the research team, we are joined by Bill Doherty, co-founder of Braver Angels, a citizens’ organization uniting red and blue Americans in a working alliance to depolarize America. Braver Angels recently worked with the researchers to run a randomized controlled trial of workshops to study one model of depolarizing partisans—reciprocal group reflection, inspired by marital counseling—to find out whether it significantly reduces polarization according to explicit and implicit measures and increases participants’ support for depolarization. David Broockman, EGAP member and Associate Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley, moderates the conversation. 

Today’s episode is part of our Seminar Series, in which we facilitate discussions on work conducted by teams of academic researchers and practitioners that relates to one of four thematic topics: 1) Crime Reduction & Police Accountability, 2) Climate Change Governance, 3) Displacement, Migration, & Integration, and 4) Democracy, Conflict, & Polarization.This episode focuses on Crime Reduction and Police Accountability, presenting a discussion with Joana Monteiro (FGV/EBAPE), Santiago Tobón (Universidad EAFIT), and Andrés Tobón (Universidad EAFIT). Together, the panelists bring expertise studying the structure, operations, and societal impact of gangs in different contexts, including Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, and Peru. In this episode, they discuss what we know and don’t know about gangs, the challenges faced by policymakers in confronting these organizations, and the ways in which researchers and practitioners can come together to address these difficult issues. Lucia Tiscorina (CIDE) moderates the conversation.

Today’s episode is part of our Seminar Series, in which we facilitate discussions on work conducted by teams of academic researchers and practitioners that relates to one of four thematic topics: 1) Crime Reduction & Police Accountability, 2) Climate Change Governance, 3) Displacement, Migration, & Integration, and 4) Democracy, Conflict, & Polarization.This episode focuses on Democracy, Conflict, & Polarization, presenting a discussion with José Ramón Enríquez (Harvard University) and Alberto Simpser (ITAM), along with implementing partner Mónica Meltis, Executive Director of Data Cívica, a Mexican civil society organization that provides training on technological tools and open data to promote transparency and citizen participation. They discuss the effectiveness of interventions to communicate objective information, even in polarized contexts with high levels of mistrust and heightened emotions. Jessica Gottlieb, EGAP member and co-chair of the Democracy, Conflict, & Polarization Priority Theme committee, moderates the conversation.

Today’s episode is part of our Seminar Series, in which we facilitate discussions on work conducted by teams of academic researchers and practitioners that relates to one of four thematic topics: 1) Crime Reduction & Police Accountability, 2) Climate Change Governance, 3) Displacement, Migration, & Integration, and 4) Democracy, Conflict, & Polarization.This episode focuses on Democracy, Conflict, & Polarization, presenting a discussion with Tiago Ventura and Ernesto Calvo from the University of Maryland, as well as Olivia Sohr from Chequeado, an Argentinian non-profit independent media organization. Tiago, Ernesto, and Olivia recently worked together to run a survey experiment during the 2019 presidential election in Argentina. Their study tested circumstances under which voters would share corrections to political and health-related misinformation with fellow citizens. Cyrus Samii, EGAP’s Executive Director, moderates the conversation.